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One of 48 National Register listings published here for Cobb County · listed in 2015 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Johnston's River Line (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation)
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
The listing
- Address. 6700 Discovery Blvd., Mableton, 30126
- When was it listed? May 2015
- Category. site
- Also known as. Chattahooche River Line Battlefield MPS
- National Register reference number. 15000222 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Johnston's River Line (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 107 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-LINCOLN-001 |
| 26 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FULTON SOUTH001 |
| 16 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 May 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 May 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Johnston's River Line (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation): 7 producers, 2 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Cement Plant | Stone | Producer | ||
| Bellwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dredge No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stamps Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stamps Mine No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Alanta Brick & Tile Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Douglas Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Plant No. 7 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Sandy Creek Mine | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this property
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mableton, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 16 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mableton | $250,000 | Sight survey by an NWS employee showed a downburst or straightline winds caused damage in southern Cobb county. Damage was first noted on Allen Road where new homes under construction were damaged as the wind collapsed the framing. Roofs were pretty much intact but were lying on the ground. About 4 other homes were heavily damaged. Another house was moved a foot or 2 off its foundation but was still intact. Numerous trees were snapped off or uprooted along a path to the northeast from Lakeshore Drive to near Bankhead highway, but they were all laying in the same direction. Most damage to homes was due to falling trees. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mableton | $30,000 | WSB Television of Atlanta and the public reported that up to 50 trees and dozens of power lines were down across the county, especially the eastern portion. Damage was quite significant in the Smyrna area, where several roads were blocked form downed trees, including major roads such as South Cobb Drive and Cumberland Parkway. A 19-year male resident of Mableton was killed following the storms when a large tree fell on him while trying to clean up another tree that had fallen during the storms. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mableton | $25,000 | The broadcast media reported that a tree fell on a house on Claxton Court. |
| May 2017 | Lightning | Mableton | $10,000 | The Cobb County 911 center reported a house fire caused by a lightning strike near the intersection of Megcole Way and Graham Court. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mableton | $5,000 | An amateur radio operator reported trees and traffic lights blown down at Veterans Memorial Highway and South Gordon Road. |
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mableton | $4,000 | The Cobb County 911 Center reported that several trees, at least six, were down across the east central part of the county near Smyrna and Marietta. Power outages were also noted in the Powder Springs area in the southwest part of the county. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mableton | $2,000 | Public reported a tree down on a powerline on Brannon Drive. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mableton | $1,500 | The public reported that several large oak trees were either uprooted or blown over near Smyrna along Derby Lane. A possible microburst was suspected. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mableton | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree down at the intersection of Center St SW and Daniel St in Mableton. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mableton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Mableton | - | An amateur radio operator relayed a report of quarter-sized hail just south of Smyrna. Several reports of penny to quarter-sized hail were received from the public across eastern Cobb county near Marietta. The public reported that hail, some as large as quarters, fell east of Marietta near the Fulton county line for up to 10 minutes. The hail completely covered the ground at several locations. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Mableton | - | Several reports of hail, ranging in size from pennies to quarters, were received from the southeast and east central parts of Cobb county from just northwest of Mableton to just east of Smyrna. Quarter-sized hail was observed near Mableton and Smyrna, with penny-sized hail just east of Smyrna. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Mableton | - | The public observed penny-sized hail in extreme southern Cobb county near Six Flags. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Mableton | - | The public observed nickel-sized hail near Marietta. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Mableton | - | The public observed penny-sized hail in the Mableton, Floyd, and Dunn Hills area. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Mableton | - | The public observed quarter to 1.50 inch diameter-sized hail in the far southeast corner of the county from just north and west of Mableton to around Six Flags. This thunderstorm was the same thunderstorm that earlier produced hail in southwest Cobb county near Powder Springs. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Mableton | - | The public observed penny-sized hail near Six Flags and the Fulton county line, or about eight miles west to west-northwest of Atlanta. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Mableton | - | The public observed penny-sized hail. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Mableton | - | The public reported nickel-sized hail. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Mableton | - | The public reported penny to quarter-sized hail in Mableton and Smyrna, with nickel-sized hail west of Smyrna. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Mableton | - | Several public reports indicated dime to quarter size hall fell across Cobb county. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Mableton | - | The public reported quarter to as big as golfball size hail. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Mableton | - | Cobb county 911 reported nickel size hail. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Mableton | - | The public reported dime to quarter size hail at 2 different locations. |
| September 1997 | Hail | Mableton | - | Dime to nickel sized hail was reported by the public. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Mableton | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Johnston's Line | 0.4 miles | 1973 |
| Union Field Fortifications at Henderson Road | 1.1 miles | 2015 | |
 | Riverview Carousel at Six Flags Over Georgia | 2.4 miles | 1995 |
 | Robert Mable House and Cemetery | 4.1 miles | 1988 |
| J. H. Carmichael Farm and General Store | 4.2 miles | 1980 | |
 | Ruff's Mill and Concord Covered Bridge | 4.8 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000222 in Record Group 79. |
| Cobb County | All 48 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.